The Arabic-language website of Russia's state news agency,
Sputnik, quoted Walid Hali, a Syrian army man, as saying that the ISIL used
arms manufactured in the US, Belgium and France in its assault on the military
police monitoring center on September 18.
He told Arabic Sputnik that the weapons had been smuggled into Syria from outside the country, adding that over 100 weapons and hand grenades made in the US, Belgium and France were seized by the army.
Relevant reports said in March that the army troops discovered several ISIL hideouts stashed with a large volume of US-manufactured weapons and ammunition in the Northern province of Aleppo.
The army discovered three hideouts of ISIL in Aleppo province used by the terrorist group as arms depot and temporary jails for women, adding that a large volume of US-made arms and munitions have been found in the hideouts.